Jackson Lamb and the Slough House team are back with a blast as a bombing detonates personal secrets. Updated 14/08/24: Apple TV+ have dropped the official trailer for the fourth series of Slow Horses. The new six-part run begins on Wednesday, September 4th with episodes landing weekly. For more on the series, check out our previous … >
Jackson Lamb and the Slough House team return to handle a conspiracy with far reaching implications. Drawn from the novels of Mick Herron, Apple TV+ are enjoying success with Slow Horses. So much that, like Seasons 1 and 2, the third and fourth runs of the show are again being filmed back-to-back. That makes sense … >
Freema Agyeman appears with Lily Allen in the new seaside comedy. Sky have announced a volley of comedies for 2023. These include a one-off special for Intelligence, a fifth season of Brassic and a festive special for James Nesbitt and Timothy Spall with the working title of Joy to the World. However, the show that really … >
The Slough House team return for another case when Russian sleeper agents activate. Ahead of its premiere on December 2nd, Apple TV+ have released the trailer for the second run of Slow Horses. The show, which enjoyed a well-received first outing earlier this year, stars Gary Oldman as the leader of a team of dysfunctional … >
The former Doctor Who star will appear alongside Lily Allen in the seaside comedy-drama. Updated 22/07/22: Freema Agyeman has confirmed that she won’t be returning to New Amsterdam. Despite the show’s return for a fifth and final season, it will be without Dr Helen Sharpe; Freema Agyeman took to social media yesterday to announce she … >
Be careful what you wish for. Ever since the first episode of Inside No. 9, the latest comedy series from one half of The League Of Gentlemen, there has been an unholy chorus of voices demanding a return to the darker, more gothic tones that were scattered across Royston Vasey. You know, the early, scary … >
Nobody ever said that cop shows had to be realistic to be effective. Okay, they did, and in some cases they were almost certainly right, but the maxim doesn’t apply to BBC One’s Luther.
Even in a modern entertainment world where America, France and even Denmark are routinely exporting excellent psychological police thrillers as if there’s a NATO surplus, Neil Cross has proved with this show that British television hasn’t forgotten how to make them either.
In the final instalment of Series 2, DCI John Luther has to balance resolving the desperate dilemma that his concern for Caroline and Jenny Jones has led him into with stopping the destructive violence of two twins whose competitive spirit is only matched by their capacity for chaos.
One of the (many) great things about Luther is the bad guys. Despite their diabolical schemes and vicious acts of mass murder, they’re not bald-headed men in secret lairs. Instead, they’re frighteningly ordinary-looking young men.